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15-01-2020
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| Notification No: |
Circular No 03/2020-Customs
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| Issuing Authority: |
Indian Customs
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Circular
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| File No: |
F.No. 450/148/2015-Cus-IV |
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Implementation of PGA e-SANCHIT– Paperless Processing under SWIFTUploading of Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by PGAs – reg
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Government of India
Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue
Central
Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
Circular No 03/2020-Customs
Dated 15th January, 2020
To
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs,
Customs & Central Taxes and Customs (Preventive).
All Principal
Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs, Customs & Central Taxes and Customs
(Preventive)
Madam / Sir,
Sub: “Implementation of PGA e-SANCHIT–
Paperless Processing under SWIFT-Uploading of
Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by PGAs” – reg.
‘e-SANCHIT’ application is successfully in operation since 01.04.2018. The
objective of the application is to further reduce physical interface between
Customs/regulatory agencies and the trade and also to increase the speed of
clearance in both imports & exports.
2. The facility to upload digitally
signed Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by
Participating Government Agencies (PGAs) on e-SANCHIT at all ICES (Indian
Customs EDI System) locations across India was introduced from 16.11.2018 vide
Circular No. 44/2018-Cus. dated 13.11.2018. In
this regard, reference is invited to Board’s
Circular No.13/2019-Cus. dated
03.06.2019 and
Circular No.19/2019-Cus dated 16.07.2019 respectively . With the
Circular No.19/2019-Cus dated 16.07.2019, 43 PGAs have been enabled for
uploading their LPCOs on eSANCHIT.
3. Now, 4 more PGAs with their LPCOs as detailed in
the Annexure-I are being brought onboard the e-SANCHIT With this, the total
number of PGAs brought on board becomes 47.
4. Since the facility to upload the LPCOs is now being
fully made available to these 4 new PGAs, the beneficiaries i.e.
importer/exporters/customs brokers would not be allowed to upload the previously
issued LPCOs on e-SANCHIT e.f 31/01/2020. Further, to facilitate the members of
the trade (beneficiaries), the PGAs are required to upload the LPCOs issued by
them during the last 15 days from above cut-off date. Any LPCOs issued on a
prior date may also be uploaded by the PGAs on e-SANCHIT, in order to enable the
beneficiary to utilize the same.
5. It is reiterated that the PGAs will
be communicating with the beneficiaries through the e-mail addresses registered
in the ICEGATE. Board had already introduced simplified auto registration
process in ICEGATE based on email IDs already provided by them for registration
under GST without the use of digital signatures for limited purposes of
e-SANCHIT (communication and viewing) and the IRNs will be communicated to such
email IDs. In this regard, kindly refer to Board’s
Circular No.13/2019-Cus.
Dated 03.06.2019 and
circular No.19/2019-Cus. dated 16.07.2019 . Since the
facility of beneficiary uploading these documents through e-SANCHIT will be
deactivated from 31.01.2020, beneficiary registration is of utmost importance.
Hence, all the formations are requested to reach out to the beneficiaries to
ensure that correct email addresses are reflected in the ICEGATE. Special
efforts may be taken for wide publicity in this regard.
6. All Chief
Commissioners of Customs are requested to issue public notices. Feedback and
queries, if any, may be sent by email to [email protected].
7. Any difficulties, in this regard, may be brought to the notice of the Board.
F.No. 450/148/2015-Cus-IV
Yours sincerely,
(Eric C Lallawmpuia)
OSD
(Cus-IV)
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